upgraded from 1 meg line to 4 meg , internet speed super slow

so i have had a 1 meg line for a while and had an old 100wr router which would constantly disconnect , everyday atleast twice , sometimes over 10 disconnects in a day which is frustrating but i got used to it

till one day i couldnt even connect to the internet (about a week or so ago) , it said my internet was connected and the pppoe light came on and on my computer it said i was connected but it wouldnt load web pages, i thought it was a virus so i formatted my hard drive and re installed etc , the internet started working again .

then a few days later while trying to download the software that i had lost , i saw it was downloading at 5 -> 3 kbps : / which is pretty slow for a 1 meg line , then it just disconnected and i had no internet .

so i restarted the router later that evening and the internet was back up and running , but my internet speed has always been very slow , especially streaming stuff and downloading stuff.

so we got a new router assuming that was what was causing the random disconnects : / and got our line upgraded to a 4meg , now the internet disconnects and stays off , and when I phoned telkom yesterday about 5 times , i was told the same thing , to restart my router etc and the internet would come back online , stay on for a minute or so and then disconnect again and stay off

when the internet comes back on i use it , and did speedtests from speedtest.net and on this site , here are my results for when the internet is actually connected :

ISP? I'm with Mweb and recently started getting throttled to 100kb/s max on my 4Mb line from early in the day till about 11PM. MwebGuy helped test it out and i suspect our exchange is congested beyond measure, because its been fine for the good part of 10 months now. Could it be the same case? Or mayb worse..

Now here is the culprit for your problems --> your SNR margin is only 8.5db which is very very low, your line has too much noise on it for the connection to be working properly:

SNR:
*6dB or below is bad and will experience no synch or intermittent synch problems*7dB-10dB is fair but does not leave much room for variances in conditions
*11dB-20dB is good with no synch problems
*20dB-28dB is excellent
*29dB or above is outstanding

I suggest maybe going down to 3MBps line and check if the connection and speed betters, if not I suggest you drop your line to 2Mbps or 1Mbps when the speed increases has happend next month and the new pricing kicks in.

Also call Telkom to ask them to reset your port, maybe that will help.

Good Luck.

"It's like lifting up the queens skirt and then finding out she's wearing a thong" - Jeremy Clarkson

im with Isoft , it could be , but i have never reached 100kb/s on this line ^^ , but it does seem to happen early on in the day but it has also happened in the evening , it could be throttling im not sure , but i've gone for 2 days without any internet as well , but i have noticed the internet is smoother at night , but i have had nights where it has disconnected and reconnected up to 5 times in an hour during midnight hours

im with Isoft , it could be , but i have never reached 100kb/s on this line ^^ , but it does seem to happen early on in the day but it has also happened in the evening , it could be throttling im not sure , but i've gone for 2 days without any internet as well , but i have noticed the internet is smoother at night , but i have had nights where it has disconnected and reconnected up to 5 times in an hour during midnight hours

: /

Then it is your line that is not working properly if there is disconnections, it is your SNR Margin, nothing you can do about that other than to drop the speed of the line.

"It's like lifting up the queens skirt and then finding out she's wearing a thong" - Jeremy Clarkson

oh ok , is there anything i can do to fix the SNR margin ? or improve it at all? i had the same problems when my line was at 1 meg speed , constant disconnects and reconnects at random time intervals , i think it was the connection going out of sync , they reset the ports yesterday : /

There is nothing you can do, there must be a fault along the line from the exchange to your house, they can check it and repair it or just install new connectors to the line, maybe it is faulty and is giving noise to the line, anything is possible, log a fault with Telkom and let someone check it out.

"It's like lifting up the queens skirt and then finding out she's wearing a thong" - Jeremy Clarkson

i have logged a fault in the mean time and will see what they say and get back to you guys , ye hopefully its something to do with that otherwise i will just have to lower the line speed , anyway , will just have to wait and see